The British troops have now taken over a section of the front line in France and are in contact with the enemy. These pictures show the men taking up positions. Upper picture shows men of a Scottish regiment building a trench. Lower left, a British officer wearing a gas mask on a tour of inspection of an underground sector near the British front. Right, a French sentry presents arms to a detachment of troops, taking up positions,
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